The men's and women's teams were competing for the first time as England in a major multi-sport event, and it was the first Commonwealth Games in which basketball was featured.

Robert Reed and Andrew Bridge led the way as England found their stride in the second phase, and they pulled away in the second half of play.

Reed played like a snake possessed and was the top scorer for England with 16 points and dominating the Nigerians who had no answer to his all action style.

England won the game 80–57 to claim the first bronze medal in Commonwealth Games basketball[2] Team Coaching Staff A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within England Played alongside Scotland and Wales as Team Great Britain.

At the FIBA EuroBasket 2003 qualification:[4] (last official squad before formation of Team Great Britain) 1946 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 10 teams Colin Hunt, Douglas Legg, John Hart, Ronald Legg, Frank Cole, Arthur Lee, Derius Hewitt, Stanley Weston, Ken Dight, Charles Watson (Coach: W.Browning) 1948 Olympic Games: finished 20th among 23 teams Colin Hunt, Douglas Legg, Ronald Legg, Frank Cole, Robert Norris, Stanley Weston, Lionel Price, Trevor Davies, Malcolm Finlay, Stanley McMeekan, Sydney McMeekan, Alexander Eke, Harry Weston 1955 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 18 teams Arthur Cladingboel, Reg Fearn, William James, Gordon Cook, Dennis Wilkinson, Colin Wedge, Alan Bruce, Ugo Agnelli, Wilf Byrne, Keith Ledbrook, Michael Roblou, Ronald Rix, N.Smith 1961 EuroBasket: finished 19th among 19 teams Raymond Kirk, Kornel Tober, Alan Wardle, Peter Creasey, Wilfred Byrne, Alan Tillot, Alan Hildyard, Ronald Hextall, Geoffrey Kaiser, Dennis Wakefield, George Whitmore, Terry Keogh (Coach: Thomas Vaughan) 1981 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams David Lloyd, Neville Hopkins, David Berry, Martin Clark, Paul Richards, Nick Burns, Clive Hartley, Jim McCauley, Ian Day, Paul Stimpson, Dan Lloyd, Karl Tatham (Coach: Victor Ambler)